Biology, Life Sciences

This comprehensive guide describes the 582 species of wild orchids that occur in NSW and the ACT. This region covers the richest area for wild orch...

Completely updated and revised, and synthesizing the recent explosion in animal welfare literature, the sixth edition of this best-selling textbook...

How we view nature transforms the world around us. People rehearse stories about nature which make sense to them. If we ask the question 'why conse...

Completely updated and revised, and synthesizing the recent explosion in animal welfare literature, the sixth edition of this best-selling textbook...

This Second Edition of Plankton is a fully updated introduction to the biology, ecology and identification of plankton and their use in monitoring ...

A hands-on users guide that takes readers step-by-step on a 21-day journey to discover what it means to be truly present and aware in our daily liv...

Until now, there has not been a single, full-color guide to some of the most recognizable genera of the southwestern United States: Agave, Dasyliri...

The forgotten garden that inspired Charles Darwin becomes the modern-day setting for an exploration of memory, family, and the legacy of genius. Da...

During bacteriology's Golden Age (roughly 1870-1890) European physicians focused on the role of bacteria as causal agents of disease. Advances in m...

Dr. Lee Know does a brilliant job shedding light on this once ignored organelle and shows us how to care for our most important metabolic system. D...

Rocky outcrops are landscape features with disproportionately high biodiversity values relative to their size. They support specialised plants and ...

Using comic-book style illustration combined with accessible but authoritative text, the Introducing Graphic Guide series is a uniquely brilliant w...

'A truly fascinating - if unnerving - read'The Telegraph'Acute, mind-opening, highly accessible - this book doesn't just explain how our lives migh...

Are we all at the mercy of our brain chemistry? Do you think that the amygdala and the hippocampus are fantastical sea monsters? What can an MRI sc...

In this dazzling look at the new science of genetics and the frontiers of human potential, David Shenk argues that talent - for piano playing, spri...

Exam Board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: Human Biology First Teaching: August 2018 First Exam: June 2019Ensure that students are prepared for every a...

A biography of a staple grain we often take for granted, exploring how wheat went from wild grass to a world-shaping crop. At breakfast tables an...

The first annotated edition of the scientific papers that created the foundation of modern neuroscience and physiology The origin of everything kno...

An argument that what makes science distinctive is its emphasis on evidence and scientists'' willingness to change theories on the basis of new evi...

Written by curriculum and specification experts, this Student Book supports and extends students through the new linear course whilst delivering th...